—january—

WA $2 BILLION
~ liquid natural. gas

" ‘processing plant is

being proposed by a

Calgary-based com-

_- pany for construc-
~ ‘tion at either Kitimat
or Prince Rupert. :
‘NTHECRIME RATE
‘has steadily i

ob ‘creased i in Terrace
” and surrounding are

“eas over.the past 10

“\ years,” proviticiak
- Statistics indicate.

_ Terrace’s crime

rate is high enough.
to place the city in.

the top 20 spots for

the 1993 provincial -
crime rate listings, --
: ~ residents gasped: as

MIN ITS 1995 PRO-
‘visional budget, city
council has made a

commitment to no--
net: property tax in-

creases for city

home-owners this.

year.

-MPOLICE: ARE.
tracking the vandals _

- who irashed » ‘the
non- profit Terrace

Daycare centre on-

Kalum street this
month. . Invaders
emptied the contents
of the centre’s refrig-

eritor, cupboards,
and filing cabinets .

onto the floor...

BCITY COUNCIL

has dismissed three.

city administrators
in 4 move to trim an

_ estimated $100,000

from its operations

budget. |

@AN ESTIMATED
25 people braved -8

_ degree’ celsius wea-
ther to jump through

a hole inthe ice of

‘Lakelse Lake forthe
_ fifth annual Ker-__
“modei Bear Swim. -

The event raised an

estimated $3,000 for

the Rick. and Paul
King Foundation.

MBRAUN STREET

city councillors:

voted 3-2 to letsmall
sawmill owner. Mo

Takhar add a dry
kiln to his Terrace
Precut operation.
Residents had pro-
tested saying that

would open the

south side of Keith
Avenue .to sawmills
and heavy industry.

MB.C. PREMIER
Mike Harcourt has
killed Alcan's $1.3

billion Kemano Com-

pletion Project,
‘What. isn’t. known.

yet is how much the .
death of the. project. -
ics SS f hag a

will cost B.C, taxpay-

ers, The province re- ..
ceived legal advice’
two years ago that it

would be: liable for

hundreds of millions -.
of dollars in compen-

sation if the project
were cancelled.

M@ THORNHILL
residents will be
asked by Terrace
city council to share
the costs of support-

ing several commu-_

nity organizations
which now receive
grants from the city.

MTHE VALUE OF
construction in the
city last year was

‘nearly $22 million.

BA MOB OF AN-

.£ry representatives

from several youth
sports organizations
stormed city council
chambers to protest
council's suggested
38 per cent hike in
youth user fees for
city sports facillities,

BSTUDENTS AT
Northwest Commu-
nity College joined
others across the

- country when they

staged a one-day

strike to protest pos-

COUNCILLOR VAL George looks overa narliculary fallen in sec-

lion of Lanfear Hill. A proposed soiution could cost $2 million.

The second half of our look back - _ from July t to
December of 1995 — will be published in the .-

FRESH, CLEAN WATER from the city's new well on Hwy16
West got good reviews from chy councillors when director of
engineering Stew Christiansen, above, helda water tasting dur-
Ing é a January public works meeting.

LOCAL CHILDREN'S AUTHOR Brenda Silsbe saw her fourth
book, The Watcher printed by Annick Press, hit the shelves of
io) area. 4 bookstores j in t February. '

i, goo thirecei

_- MITERRACE CITY.
councillors.

have
voted to write the

Bank of Canada, the
body which issues the

nation’s currency, to .

propose that the gov-
ernment branch fea-
ture an image of
Skeena’s unique white

Kermodei bear on
Canada’snew $2 coin. _

MA HARD-HIT- ~

ting respiratory ill-

‘ness has - spread’.
through the area, re-"

sulting in a packed
house at Mills. Me-

morial Hospital. The :

Jan. 3, 1996 issue of The Terrace Standard.

Year End In Review Brought To You
By These Community __
- Minded Businesses.

52-bed facility has a
100 per cent occu-
pancyrate, according .

_ to chief operating

officer of the society
that runs the hospital, \
The iIness has par-
ticularly hit elderly and
pediatric patients.

@CITY COUNCIL

voted 4-3 to change
the youth fee increase.
to 15 per cent from
the 38 per cent hike
that was earlier pro-
posed, The new rate
takes effect July 1.

-Council rejected a

proposal to make up

the difference in
revenue by hiking
adult user fees.

HWITHINA YEAR,

the newly formed.

Terrace and Area
Health Council will
take over the admin-
_ istration of Mills Me-
morial Hospital,
Terraceview Lodge,
and a variety of other
types of health care.

M@ CHARITABLE
organizations could
face a financial cri-
sis if the provincial
government goes

Terrace ceurilor Dewid Hul on the feeling of voters following their
defeat of the second sheet of ice referendum.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 27, 1995 - A13

‘ETHE TERRACE
volunteer. Bureau
has” received 4

$5000 grant from
“| the city to help
_ launcha new Volun-

‘teer for Seniors pro-
gram-here. ;

CITY COUNCIL-
lors have declared the
city of Terrace a
“Rafe Mair Free:
Zone”
CKNW radio talk
show host led and
crystallized much of
the southern opposi-
tion to Alcan’s $}.3

billion Kemano Com-

pletion Project, killed
last month by Pre-
mier Mike Harcourt.

MTERRACE RCMP
are looking for the
people who set two
fires in the Safeway
store, The fires were
set using matches
and aerosol cans
taken from store

Shelves. Store staff.

’ quickly extinguished
the flames.

MTERRACE MAY-
or Jack Talstra spoke
out against a pro-
posed buy-out of
Orenda Forest Prod-
ucts by a New York-
based syndicate’

which plans to ie Ss

—march—

ahead with plans to

allow video lottery
terminals, says ana-

tional spokesman
for the Elks who vis-
ited here recently.

MTHE KITIMAT-

Stikine regional dis- -

trict has. brought
down its 1995 bud-

get; $6.15 million, up-

only one percent from
its 1994 counterpart.

BUFFALO HEAD
Forest Products,
which has.a licence
to cut 342,000 cubic
metres of wood

after the

Orenda’s northwest

-timber to Gold River

on Vancouver Island.

MA PLAN TO CUT
eight city jobs with
a. potential savings
of $500,000 in annual
payment costs was

. struck at an in-cam-
_ fa city council meet-

ing. Council has
asked senior adminis-
trators to identify the
positions to be cut.

CITY COUNCIL

. has voted to invest
‘its money with the
' Municipal Finance
/authority rather than

have city treasurer
Keith Norman man-
age a separate Port-
folio.

MTHE COST OF
rebuilding the road
up Lanfear Hill has
been estimated at
more than $2 million,

Erosion is slowly
narrowing the road

and clay lenses in
the hill ‘make the
base unstable.

BTHE PRESIDENT
of Alcan Aluminum
has hinted strongly

“that the company

might sue the pro-
vincial ‘government

for compensation”

next of Meziadin; is

changing hands.
Repap Enterprises, op-
erating here as Skeena
Cellulose, holds a 49

per cent stake in Buf. =

falo Head and is toas-
sume majority own-
ership by purchas-

ing an additional 25 -

per cent.

BAN OU
court settlement has
been reached in the
lawsuit against

former Terrace obste-
trician Dr. Gordon |
Boyd in connection
‘with the post-abor-

“What people are really asking for is some |
| [ Penning and direction .- not t proponent led.
| initiatives.” oe ee

‘QUT-OF-

-february—

over the scrapped
Kemano-Comple-
tion Project.

WAN IMPENDING
self-government ag-

‘reement for Gitksan

and Wet'suwet'en
natives willentrench
the hereditary chief
system and dis-
mantle elected band
councils, says Re-
form MP Mike
Scott.

FALSE ALARM
bylaw violators are
getting little sym-
pathy from. city
councillors. Coun-
cil has .rejected
pleas from Coastal
Bus Lines' Dave
Story to forgive
$800 in false alarm
fines.

ETIRES BLEW ON

_ the Terrace Airport

Tunway during ‘the
touchdown of two
Air B.C. flights.
Each __ time, : the
BAE146 planes man-
aged to land safely,
but passengers were

delayed. °

CANADA POST
‘has changed its infor-
mal policy.’ of not
charging box, rental

tion death of Myma

- George four: years
ago. The 19-year-old

woman died of com-
plications after her
uterus was perforated.
during .a 1991 abor-
tion carried out by
Boyd at Mills Memo-
tial Hospital.

5 A MAN WHO:
tried to rape a local
woman Jast year has

been sentenced to four

years in. ‘prison, Ed-
ward Hetiry McKay,
25, of New Aiyansh |
pleaded guilty to

sexual assault.

SSX

Terrace Operations

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This Holiday Season

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